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US Dollar Mixed, Greece Announces New Austerity Measures

FXStreet.com, Mar 09, 2010 / The US Dollar traded slight mixed last week.

Jobs outlook may be too optimistic: SF Fed study

Fidelity, Mar 08, 2010 / The widely held outlook that U.S. unemployment will ease this year may be overly rosy if companies continue to boost productivity at faster-than-usual levels, economists from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank said in a study released on Monday.

Treasuries Tumble as Economy Loses Fewer Jobs Than Forecast

BusinessWeek, Mar 05, 2010 / Treasury two-year notes fell for a third day, the longest losing streak this year, as a government report showed the economy lost fewer jobs than forecast in February while the unemployment rate held steady.

St. Louis Fed's Bullard Discusses 'The Fed at a Crossroads'

PR Newswire, Mar 04, 2010 / ST. CLOUD, Minn. , March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Fallout from the financial turmoil of 2008 and 2009 has placed the Fed at a crossroads on three dimensions, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in remarks today at St. Cloud State University 's 48th annual Winter Institute. "First, the political independence of the Fed is at risk. Second, regulatory reform legislation threatens to hamstring the Fed's ability to respond to a future crisis. Third, the Fed adopted a near-zero interest rate policy and successfully carried out its stabilization policy through quantitative easing," he said.

St. Louis Fed's Bullard Discusses "The Fed at a Crossroads"

PRWeb, Mar 04, 2010 / Fallout from the financial turmoil of 2008 and 2009 has placed the Fed at a crossroads on three dimensions, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in remarks today at St. Cloud State University’s 48th annual Winter Institute. “First, the political independence of the Fed is at risk.

Fed's Bullard Sees Inflation, Political Risks

Dow Jones Business News (via NASDAQ), Mar 04, 2010 / ST. CLOUD, Minn. -(Dow Jones)- Efforts to erode the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve could herald a return to "1970s-style" volatility, a central bank official said Thursday.

Fed's Bullard: Adjust quantitative easing

Fidelity, Mar 04, 2010 / A senior Federal Reserve official said on Thursday the central bank should alter the money it pumps into the economy in the same way it traditionally adjusts interest rates as the economy changes.

Fed's Bullard: Financial Reforms Might Not Prevent Future Crises

RTTNews, Feb 25, 2010 / St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said Thursday at Texas A&M University that current financial reforms proposed in Congress might not prevent a future economic crisis and might actually hurt the Fed's ability to deal with one.

Fed's Bullard - financial reform plans fall short

Interactive Investor, Feb 25, 2010 / A senior Federal Reserve official on Thursday repeated earlier comments that regulatory reform proposals before Congress probably won't prevent a future crisis and could hamper the central bank's ability to deal with one.

Fed Officials Take Aim at Reform Plans

TechWeb (CMP), Feb 24, 2010 / Federal Reserve officials criticized congressional financial reform proposals that would strip the central bank of oversight powers, saying they could weaken, not strengthen protections against a future crisis.

Fed Officials Take Aim at Reform Plans

Insurance and Technology (CMP), Feb 24, 2010 / Federal Reserve officials criticized congressional financial reform proposals that would strip the central bank of oversight powers, saying they could weaken, not strengthen protections against a future crisis.

Fed Officials Take Aim at Reform Plans

FinanceTech (CMP), Feb 24, 2010 / Federal Reserve officials criticized congressional financial reform proposals that would strip the central bank of oversight powers, saying they could weaken, not strengthen protections against a future crisis.

Wednesday FX View: Bernanke Expected to Soothe Rate Expectations

Seeking Alpha, Feb 24, 2010 / The dollar is marginally lower in early New York trade, which is likely a disappointment to anyone hoping for follow-through to Tuesday's sharp deterioration in equity prices.

Bullard Excerpts: Reg Reforms Insufficient

The Bond Buyer, Feb 24, 2010 / The following are excerpts from St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard's Tuesday remarks prepared for the CFA Virginia Society, in which he repeats the theme that most regulatory reform proposals under debate will not be adequate to prevent future crises:

Business Briefs for Feb. 24

Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA, Feb 24, 2010 / Genworth Financial Inc., the Henrico County-based mortgage and life insurer, will benefit from a drop in delinquency rates, and its mortgage-insurance unit may post quarterly profits by mid-2011, CEO Michael Fraizer said.

Fed's Bullard: Will "try out" discount rate level

Interactive Investor, Feb 23, 2010 / RICHMOND, Va., The U.S. Federal Reserve may not have to raise its emergency lending discount rate to a full percentage point above the interbank fed funds rate to normalize lending, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday.

St. Louis Fed’s Bullard: Fed is the Nation’s “Best Chance” for Avoiding Future Financial Crises

PRWeb, Feb 23, 2010 / In remarks today to the CFA Virginia Society in Richmond, Va., St. Louis Fed President James Bullard provided an overview of the origins of the financial crisis and explained why most of the regulatory reform proposals under debate in Washington will not be adequate for preventing future crises.

Fed's Bullard says regulatory reforms miss mark

WKAR-FM - Michigan State University - East Lansing MI, Feb 23, 2010 / A senior Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday regulatory reform proposals before Congress probably won't prevent a future crisis and could hamper the central bank's ability to deal with one.

Mid-South rebound on track, but job creation lags, St. Louis Fed CEO says

The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN, Feb 21, 2010 / The nation's and Mid-South's economic recovery is on track, in the eyes of James Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Stocks turn higher as Fed fears fade

CNNMoney, Feb 19, 2010 / Stocks turned higher early Friday afternoon, as investors shook off worries about a bigger shift in policy after the Fed opted to boost the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans.

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" The market’s getting concerned that the economy’s beginning to show some signs of life, beginning to turn around, and that hiring will pick up in early to late spring. "
BusinessWeek, Mar 05, 2010
" I'm a little worried that the extended period language is conveying too much of a particular date to markets about ... interest rates "
WKAR-FM - Michigan State University - East Lansing MI, Mar 05, 2010
" He’s changed roles, I’ve heard "
St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud MN, Mar 05, 2010
" Erosion of Fed independence could result in a 1970s-style period of volatility "
WKAR-FM - Michigan State University - East Lansing MI, Mar 04, 2010
" I think the extended period language, to the extent it's dictating a particular time horizon, is not what the committee wants to do "
WKAR-FM - Michigan State University - East Lansing MI, Mar 04, 2010